About V. Anusuya Bai
Born 1953. V. Anusuya Bai is an Indian athlete, known for Arjuna Award.
V. Anusuya Bai (born 23 August 1953) is an Indian former track and field athlete. She won the Arjuna Award in 1975 and four gold medals at International Athletics Meet in Pakistan in 1976. She was born in Chennai, India. She represented India at the 1973 Summer Universiade Moscow, competing in sprinting events and the discus throw. She retired as a Deputy Chief Personnel Officer (Welfare), Southern Railway of Chennai, in August, 2013.
The Hindu erroneously reported that she represented Asia at the World Athletics Championships in Düsseldorf, West Germany in 1977.
She was the first woman from Tamil Nadu to receive the Arjuna Award – India's top national honour for sport.
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V. Anusuya Bai was born on 23 August 1953 in Chennai.
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